Typewriting machine



June 10, 1924. 1,497,654

A. G. F. KUROWSKI TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed May 5, 1922 y Am pieces of various sizes.

Patented June 10, 1924, i l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED G. 15. KUROW'SKI, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK; N, Yv, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Application filed May 5,

To all 1072072; it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. F. Kunowsun a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn Borough, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typewriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to front-strike typewriting machines and particularly to devices for guiding cards, labels and comparatively small work-pieces, around the platen andfor holding themv in typing position.

An object of the invention is to produce a highly effective device which is readily attachable to the machine. A particular object of the invention is to hold the card or label or other work-piece firmly against the platen throughout its-vertical length adja cent the side margins thereof, so that, if desired, a line may be typed closely adjacent to either the top or bottom edge of the work-piece. Another object of the invention is to render the device readily adjustable for holding the side margins of Work- Another object of the invention is to produce a card-holding or label-holding device which cooperates with features of the typewriting machine as originally built without said device, and more particularly a device adapted to he installed upon and co-operate with the usual features of construction of an Underwood standard portable typewriting machine.

The invention comprises curved paperholding guide-fingers extending downward at the front of the platen and slidably mounted at their upper ends upon a bar extending along the top of the platen and detachably mounted upon the platen-frame. More particularly, said paper-holding guide-- fingers may be in the form of small or thin spring wires carried by slides which are nonrotatably mounted to slide along said bar, Also, according to the present invention, the means for detachably supporting said fingercarrying bar upon the platen-frame may comprise a bracket rigidly secured to each end of the bar, the rear end of each bracket being detachably mounted on the platenfruine at the rear of the platen, and the front end of each bar-supporting bracket being detachably connected to the upper end of the adjacent one of the usual upwardlyextending paper-fingers at the front of the 1922. Serial No. 558,652.

platen, such paper-fingers being commonly employed for pressing ordinary work-sheets against the front of the platen. More particularly, each said bracket at its rear end may be provided with a hook orprong to removably enter a socket provided on the platen-frame, and at its front end said bracket may be provided with a catch or hook forming a recess open at the front to engage or receive therein the small paperholding roll commonly provided upon the upper end of each of said paper-fingers.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with parts broken away, of the upper part of an Underwood standard portable typewriting ma chine having the device embodying the present invent-ion installed thereon.

Figure 2 is a frontto-rear vertical section, with parts in side elevation, of what appears in Figure 1, together with some additional parts.

Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, and with parts omitted.

Figure 4-. is a plan view of what appears at the left in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3, illustrating the manner in which the device of the present invention may be attached to or detached from the machine.

Figure 6 is an enlar ed perspective view, showing one of the finger-carrying slides and the corresponding papei holding guidefinger separate therefrom.

In 0 rder clearly to understand the present invention, it will be necessary first to describe the associated and the co-operating parts or features of the Underwood standard portable typewriting machine, upon which the illustrated embodiment of the invention is shown as installed in the accompanying drawings.

The platen-frainc, which, in said machine, also forms a traveling carriage, comprises a lower transverse bar or plate 1 and an L- shaped rear transverse bar or rail 2, which connect together end plates 3, shown as secured to the ends of the lower bar 1, by means of screws 4 and to the ends of the rear bar 2 by means of screws The cylindrical platen 6 has its axle 7 journaled in the end plates 3 and at its right-hand end the platenaxle 7 isprovided with a finger-wheel 8 for turning the platen. For guiding worksheets around the platen a usual paper-guide 9 is provided, which at the rear of the platen. forms an inclined rear paper-table which is curved to form a paper-apron beneath the platen, and at its'for'ward end the paperguide 9 carries a usual feed-roll 10, to run upon the front part of the bottom of the platen. Commonly the paper-guide 9 is pivoted upon the platenirame (by means not shown), so as-to rock on its pivots for releasing or casting oil the feed-roll 10 from the platen, to provide for the free insertion and adjustment of work-sheets, and springs (not shown) are provided to act upon the paper-guide 9 for pressing the feed-roll 10 towards the platen; Also cast-off device for the feed-roll'lO is commonly provided to act upon the paper-guide 9, parts of which are not shown, but the rock-shaft 11 of which appears in Figure 2, lying within an angle formed by the rear bar 2 of the platenframe;

A sheet-guiding bar 12, of angular inserted V-shape and formed of sheet-metal, extends transversely along tlie t'ront of the platen below the printing line forwardly from and above the feed-roll 10, and along its-forward facehas graduations providing aletter-space scale, as shown in Figure 1. At its ends the sheet-guiding scale-bar 12 fits over, and, by means of screws 13, is secured to upwardly-projecting wedge-shaped ends 14' of forwardly and upwardly extending inclined arms '15, which, at their lower or rear ends, are pivoted in the end plates or endwalls 3 o1 the platen-frame by means of pins of studs 16. For pressing the paperguiding scale-bar 12 towards the platen, leaf-springs 17 are secured at their lower ends to the scale-bar 12, and also to the leverends 14, by means of the screws 13, and the springs 17, at the upper ends, bear against the inner sides of inturned circularly curved flanges 18 provided upon the plateirframe end walls 3.

A finger-supporting rod 19 is fixed at its ends in the pivoted arms at the bases of the wedge-shaped ends 14. Upstanding or upwardly-projecting resilient paper-fingers, formed of sheet-metal, at their lower inturned ends 21 are turned about the transverse finger-supporting rod 19, and these ends 21 are provided with iupwardly-pro jecting tongues 22 which bear against the adjacent rear face of the inner side of the V-shaped scale-plate or bar 12 to prevent rotative movement of the paper-fingers on its supporting rod 19. A small paper- 'holding roll 23 is mounted, by means of a Jivot-pin 24, between rearwardly-projecting ears 25 on the upper end of each paperfinger 20. The roll 23 will be resiliently pressed against the platen, or against a work-sheet thereon, both by the resilient paper-finger 20 and by the leaf-springs 17 oi the sheet-guiding scale-bar 12.

The Platemframe, which forms also a carriage, may have traveling letter-feeding and return movement upon a shift-frame 26.

For this purpose, the shift-frame is provided with a lower or front rail 27 upon which the lower bar 1 of the platen-frame may travel by means of interposed beaming-balls 28, and the shift-frame 26 also has a rear rail (not shown), and the rear bar 2 of the platen-frame is provided with a roller (not shown) to travel along the rear rail of the shift-frame.

An upstanding resilient sheet-metal plate 29 is secured at its lower end to the lower rail 27 of the shift-frame 26 by means of screws 30 and its upper end part forms wing-scales 31 between which there is pro vided a slot 32 through which the types carried by type-heads 33 (Figure 2) may print at the printing point on the front of the platen, the upper end of the plate 29 being provided at one side of the slot 32 with a slightly rearwardly-curved upwardly-projecting finger 34 for pressing a work-piece against the platen in close proximity to the printing point.

The construction as so far described is that heretofore commonly employed in the U11- derwood standard portable typewriting n1a chine. The illustrated embodiment of (he card-holding and label-holding device or attachment forming the subject of the present invention, and its relationship to the abovedescribed associated parts of the machine with which it co-operatcs, will now be de scribed.

According to the present invention a stifi or rigid finger-carrying bar 35 is provided to be firmly but detachably mounted upon the platen-frame to extend along the top of the platen parallel thereto forwardly of the top line thereof, as'shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. This finger-carrying bar 35 may be formed of a strip of comparatively heavy sheetmetal and is shown as arranged radially of the platen 6, so as to be slightly inclined forwardly. In order to increase the stillncss or rigidity of the finger-carrying bar 35, it is shown as provided with a rearwardlyprojecting longitudinal stifl'ening rib 36. Each end of the finger-carrying bar 3;) is firmly secured, by means of screws 37. to a bracket 38, provided at the lower edge of the bar or bridge 35, with a rearwardly extending arm 39, and provided at the upper edge of said bar or bridge with a front downward extension 40. ltach bracket-arm terminates in a downwardly and rearwardly turned hook or prong 41 which is removably engageable in a hole 42 forming a socket at the upper end of each of right and left substantially Z-shaped l)racketmembers l3 and 44 secured at their lower ends to the lllll rear carriage-rail 2 by meansof screws and 46, the right bracket-member 43 being somewhat shorter and held above the hereinbefore-n'ientioned teed-roll casted shaft 11 by means of a small spacing block 47, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The screws 45 and 46 also assist the screws 5 in securing together the rear bar 2 and the end walls 3 of the platen-frame. The front extension 40 of each bar-supporting bracket 38 terminates atits lower end in a substantially semi-circular hook or catch 48 entrance of which is at the front to receive therein and be se curely held by the small paper-holding roll 23 on the corresponding paper-finger 20 when sprung away from the platen, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, so that the paperfingers 20 and the brackets 38 have a releasable interlocking engagement. It will be noted that, according to the present inven tion, the usual paper-fingers 20 form upstanding resilient bracket-holding members at the front of the platen. The upper end of each paper-finger 20 is provided with a finger-piece 49 to enable the paper-finger 20 to be conveniently sprung away from the platen.

Two resilient paper-holding guidefingers 50 at their upper ends are slidable but nonrotatably mounted, upon the finger-carrying bar 35, so to be independently adjustable along the platen, and extend downwardly in curved relation around the front or the platen below the printing line thereon and terminate below and at the rear of the upper edge of the paper-guiding scale-bar 12. In order that the guide-fingers 50 may occupy as little space as possible upon the workpiece held to the platen thereby, so as to permit typing upon the work-piece close to to the side edges thereof, these fingers 50 are formed of thin spring wire. The means for mounting the guide-fingers 50 upon the finger carrying transversebar 35 comprise, for each said finger, a sleeve-like slide 51 which may be formed of suitable sheet-metal to embrace the bar 35, as shown in the drawings. At the front of the bar 35 each slide 51 is provided with a plurality of bendable lugs or tabs 52 shown as four in number, which may be clinched down upon the side members of a rectangular eye 53 formed upon the upper end of the guide-finger 50, so as thereby firmly to secure the guide linger 50 at its upper end to the slide 51. At the rear of the bar 35 each end of the slide 51 is provided with a projecting wing 54 forming finger-pieces by which the slide 51 may be conveniently slid along the bar 35 to adjust the guide-fingers 50 along the platen 6. The lower ends of the guide-fingers 50 are turned slightly outward at 55 so as to clear the leading edge of a workpiece as it is advanced around the platen.

In order to attach the device of the present invention to the machine, it is only necessary first to insert the hooks 41 downwardly in the socket-providing holes 42 in the upper ends of the upstanding bracketmembers 43 and 44 and then rock or swing the device forwardly, as shown in Figure 5, to bring the front hooks 48 over and into proximity to the small rolls 23 on the upper ends of the paper-fingers 20, and the paperfingers, by means of their finger-pieces 49, may be sprung outward by a hand of the typist at each side of the machine, for bringing the rolls 23 and hooks 48 into engagement, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. The entire device will then be firmly and rigidly held in position on the machine, it being noted in this connection that the resilient upstanding paper-fingers 20 are substantially rigid in a vertical direction, so as thereby effectively to prevent vertical play of the device at the front of the machine, while at the rear the hooks 41 are securely looked to the respective bracket-members 43 and 44. To prepare the machine for writing upon ordinary work-sheets, it is only necessary to reverse the abovedescribed operation, that is to say, first to release the paper-finger rolls 23 from the front hooks 48, as shown in Figure 4, and then the entire device may be tilted or rocked rearwardly and the rear hooks 41 lifted out of the socket-openings 42. The usual paperfingers 20 will then be free to be adjusted along the platen and may be employed-in the usual Way to hold work-sheets against the platen by means of their rolls 23.

In using the card-holding or paper-hold ing device of the present invention, a comparatively small work-piece, such as a card 56, shown in Figures 1 and 3, or a thin paper label, may be inserted in the machine at the rear of the platen overthe rear paper-table and paper-apron provided by the paperguide 9, and by rotating the platen by means of the knob or fingerwheel 8, the work-piece may be advanced to typing position at the front of the platen, passing beneath the resilient papenholding guide-lingers 50, which press the work-piece firmly and smoothly against the platen, both by reason of their own resiliency and also by reason of the "fa ct that the lower ends'o'i": the guide-fingers 50 are pressed towards the platen by the re silently-mounted scalebar 12, as shown in Figures 1 and 3. In case typing is to be done upon a comparatively thick or stiff card, such as the card 56, the curved guidefingers 50 will be effective to bend the card smoothly around the front of the platen, and as the leading edge of the card is advanced beyond these fingers to the rear, th card, because of its stillness, will have a tendency to resume its flat condition, as shown by the upper margin of the card 56 in Figures 1 and 3. Should the workpiece be a label composed of thin, weal: or fiimsy paper, the curved guide lingers 50, closely hugging the front of the-platen, will be effective to hold such weak paper label smoothly upon the platen. By reason of the: fact that the guide-fingers engage only the side margins of the work-piece, leaving both the leading edge and the trailing edge thereof free, typing 'ma-y be done along the top margin of the work-piece very close to 1ts leading edge and also similarly along the bottom margin very close to its trailing edge, as isshown by the word The typed close to thelowe-r' edge of the card 56, in Figure: 1. Also by reason of the fact that the thin wire guide-fingers 50 occupy but very little lateral space, these fingers may be adjusted very close to the side edges. of the work-piece, so that a line of writing may begin very close to the side edge at the left and; end very close to the side edge at the right of the workpiece, as will be clear from an inspection of Figure 1.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions-of the improvements may be used without others.

I Having thus. described 'my invention, I

' claim V 1. In a front-strike type-writing machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein, of a finger-carrying bar mounted on the platenframe, including engaging means at the front of said frame for holding the bar ri 'idl in )lace and extendin alon the b b b top of theplaten parallel thereto, and a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger slidable on said bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said finger extend ing downward in curved relation around the front of the platen.

2. I11 a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen j'ournaled therein, of a fin- V ger-carrying bar mounted on the platenframe, including engaging means at the front of said frame for holding the barrigidly in place, and extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a slide slidable along said bar, and a relatively thin springwire paper-guiding and paper-holding finger fixed at its upper end upon the slide and tour of the platen, said linger having an. eye or loop at its upper end, said slide being provided with a plurality of bent lugs enlbracing the wire forming said loop for rigidly securing said finger to said slide to be adjusted along the platen therewith.

l. I11 a frontstrike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, and a sheet-guiding bar carried by the platenframe at the front of the platen below the printing line, of a finger-carrying bar rigidly mounted on the platen-f nine and extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, and a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger non-rotative upon and slid-able along the finger-carrying bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said finger extending downward in curved relation around the front of the platen and passing at its; lower end between the platen and said sheet-guiding bar.

5. In a frontstrike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, and a sheet-guiding bar extending along the front of the platen below the printing line and resilientlymounted on the platen-frame to be pressed towards the platen, of a fingercarrying bar rigidly mounted on the platenframe and extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, and a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger slida-ble along said finger-carrying bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said finger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending downwardly at the front thereof, said finger at its lower end passing below and to the rear of the upper edge of the sheet-guiding bar so as to be pressed towards the platen thereby, and having its ends outwardly turned to clear the edge of a work-piece as it is fed around the platen.

6. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein, of a finger-carrying bar extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and papenholding finger slidable along said bar so as to be adjusted along said platen, said finger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending downwardly at the front thereof in paperguiding and paper-holding relation thereto, and connections at the ends of said bar passing to the rear and to the front of the platen for detachably rigidly mounting said bar on the platen-frame.

7. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein, of a finger-carrying bar extending along the top of the platen )arallel thereto, a rear bracket to which saw end of the bar is secured,

means for detachably mounting said brackets on the platen-frame, a resilient paperguiding and paper-holding linger slidable along said bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said finger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending downwardly at the front thereof in paper-guiding and paper-holding relation thereto, and other detachable engaging means on the bar passing to the front of the platen for holding the bar rigidly in place.

8. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, and paperfinger mounted on the platen-frame and eX- tending upwardly at the front of the platen in spaced relation, of a finger-carrying bar extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger non-rotative upon and slidable along said bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paper-holding linger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending down ward at the frontithereof in paper-guiding and paper-holding relation thereto, and a supporting bracket for the bar at each end thereof and to which the bar is rigidly see cured, each said bracket having a rearwardlyextending arm detachably mounted on the platen-frame at the rear of the platen and each said bracket having a front extension detachably engageable with the upper end of the adjacent paper-finger.

, 9. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, and paperfingers mounted on the platen-frame-and extending upwardly at the front of the platen in spaced relation, of a linger-carrying bar I extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger slidable along said bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paper-holding finger beingcurved to the contour of the platen and extending downward at the front thereof in papenguiding and paper-holding relation thereto, a supporting bracket for the bar at each end thereof and to which the bar is rigidly secured, each said bracket having a rearwardly-extending arm, means comprising a socket and a hook or prong for detachably securing the rear end of each said arm upon the platen-frame at the rear of the platen, and forwardly-extending members for detachably securing each bracket to the upper end of the adjacent paper-finger for holding the finger-carrying bar rigidly in place. 7

10. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, resilient paper-fingers mounted on the platenframe and extending upwardly at front of the platen in spaced relation, and a roll carried by each paper-finger, of a detachable card or label-holding device comprising a finger-carrying bar extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding finger non-rotatable upon and'slidable along said bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paper-holding finger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending downward at the front the eof in paper-guiding and paperholding relation thereto, and a supporting bracket for the bar at each end thereof and to which the bar is rigidly secured, each said bracket having a rearwardly-extending arm, means comprising a socket and a hook or prong for detachably securing the rear end of each said arm upon the platen-frame at the rear of the platen, each said bracket also having a projecting front end part forming a hook opened at the front for detachably receiving said roll on the adjacent paper-finger when the latter is sprung away from the platen, said rolls on said paperfingers serving to hold work-sheets on the platen in the absence of said detachable card or label-holding device.

11. In a front-strike typewrit-ing machine, the combination with a platen-frame, a revoluble platen journaled therein, and paper-fingers mounted on the platen-frame and extending upwardly at the front of the platen in spaced relation, of a card or labelholding device comprising a finger-carrying bar extending along the top of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and paperholding finger nonrotatably mounted on said bar and slidable along the bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paper-holding finger being curved to the contour of the platen and extending downwardly at the front thereof in paper-guiding and paperholding relation thereto, a bracket on each end of said bar and to which the bar is rigidly secured, a socket-forming member firmly mounted on the plateirframeat each sidethereof at the rear of the platen, each said bracket havinga rearwardly-eXtending arm provided with a hook or prong detachably en ageable in the socket formed by the corresponding socket member, and means for detachably supporting each of said brackets upon the upper end of the adjacent paper-finger.

12. A card-holding or label-holding attachment for a revoluble platen front-strike typewriting machine having a platen-frame in which the platen is journaled, comprising a bar to extend along the upper side of the platen parallel to the platen, means for rigidly detachably mounting the bar upon the platen-frame, a sheet-guide extending along the front of the platen below the printing 7 line, and paper-holding guidefingers slid- 1 and able along said bar and being curved around the front of the platen a'ndextending downward below the sheet-guide.

- extending downwardly around the front of the platen to a point below the printing line between the platen and the sheet-guide, the

' lower ends of said wire being outwardly turned to clear a card as it is fed around the platen. j

14. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein, of a finger-carrying bar extending along the upper side of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and aper-holding linger non-'rotatably mountedon said bar and slidab'le along the bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paperholding finger being curved to the contour of the platen and being'extended downward at the front thereof in paper-guiding and paper-holding relation thereto, a bracket on each end of said bar and to which the bar is rigidly secured, means for detachably connecting said brackets to the platen-frame at the rear of thefplaten, bracket-holding members mounted on the platen-frame at the front of the platen below the printing line and projecting upwardly at the front of the platen, and means for detachably connecting said brackets at the front of said bar to the upper ends of said bracketholding members.

15. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein, of a linger-carrying bar extending along the upper side of the platen parallel thereto, a

resilient paper-guiding and paper-holding fin'er nonrot'atably mounted on said bar and s lidable'along the bar so'as to be adjusted along the platen, said paperguiding and paper-holding finger being curved to the contour of the platen and being extended 7 downward at the front thereof in paperguiding and paper-holding relation thereto, afbra'cke't on each end of said bar and to which the bar is rigidly secured, means for detachably connecting said brackets to the platen-frame at the rear of the platen, comprising a hook-and-socket connection dise'ngageable by swinging said bar and its brackets upwardly and rearwardly and engageable by a reverse movement, upstanding resilient bracket-holding members mounted on "the platen-frame at the front of the platen 'below the printing line, and a releasable catch-device for detachably connecting each said bracket with the corresponding upstanding member, said catch-device being releasable by substantially horizontal move inent of the upper end of the corresponding upstanding member.

16. In a front-strike typewriting machine, 'theco'mbination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen journaled therein,'of a finger-carrying bar extending along the upper side of the platen parallel thereto, a resilient paper-guiding and papenholding finger non-rotatably mounted on said bar and slidable along the bar so as to be adjusted along the platen, said paper-guiding and paper-holding finger being curved to the'c'ontourof the platen and being extended downward at the front thereof in paperguiding and paper holding relation thereto, a supporting bracket for the bar on each end thereof and to which the bar is rigidly secured, each said bracket having a rear wardly=extending arm, fore'ach said arm an upstanding bracket member rigidly mounted on the platen-frame at the rear of the platen, a detachable connection between each bracket arm and its corresponding bracket member adapted to be brought into interlocking relation by swinging said. bar and its brackets forwardly and to be released by 'swinging'said bar and its brackets rearwardly, upstanding lair-supporting members at "the frontofthe platen adjacent the ends thereof mounted on the platenframebelow the )rinting line, and means including releasable catch-devices for releasably securing the ends of said bar to the upward ends of said upstanding members.

17. A card-holding attachment for a revoluble platen fronbstrike typewril'ing ma chine having a p'laten-frz'ime in which the platen is journaled, comprising a bar to extend along the upper side of the platen parallel thereto, means for rigidly detachahly mountingthe bar upon the platen-frame, a paper-holding and guiding-finger slidable alongs'aid bar and curved around the front of the platen, and means to press the free end of said fin er against the )laten.

ALF ED G. F. KU OWVSKI.

Vitnesses:

MARION R. MGOAFFREY, JENNIE P. THORNE. 

